Record Hawk MIgration in NH, we had 601 raptors

This "kettle" of rising Broad-winged Hawks was right over our house yesterday morning. Record Hawk migration happened in NH yeste...

Stokes Talk and Book Signing Tonight

Assabet River National Wildlife Refuge , Friends' Annual General Meeting with talk by Don and Lilian Stokes Bird Identification For Ever...

Osprey and other raptor mIgration happening here

We are seeing a steady flow of Ospreys over our "pond" (actually a dammed up section of river) as they make their way north on mig...

Yellow-rumped Warblers are coming through

Yellow-rumped Warbler, male in spring (subspecies Myrtle Warbler This morning we saw several Yellow-rumped Warblers coming through on migrat...

Migration madness

Common Merganser, male Distant Common Mergansers and Tree Swallows flying above Newly arrived Tree Swallow, we saw 130 + Tree Swallows here ...

Hummingbirds are coming!!!

Ruby-throated Hummingbird at Salvia "Lady in Red" flower The hummingbirds are coming, will you be ready? Ruby-throated Hummingbird...

Bald Eagle with nesting material

This morning we had 2 adult Bald Eagles collecting grassy nesting material in our field at the edge of our pond. One of them was on the grou...

Pine Warbler at Suet

Wow, this morning a newly arrived beautiful, male Pine Warbler was eating suet at our bird feeder. It made our day. Smart bird, as there are...

Ahh, Spring! ha-ha-ha

It's snowing here in southwest NH! Here's a photo I just took of Don snow blowing the deck, while the Corgis, Abby and Phoebe (lying...